This is a message on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care
The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed that from early 2026, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will start using paper FP10 prescription forms for outsourced prescriptions issued by MOD medical facilities. However, sites will continue to use FMed296s where appropriate, so please expect to see both FP10 and FMed296 forms issued from MOD medical facilities. The small number of prescriptions outsourced in this way will be funded by the MOD and not from the global sum.
Pharmacy contractors should ensure their teams are prepared to process paper FP10s in line with standard NHS procedures.
Pharmacy contractors should provide a pharmacy till receipt to any MOD patient who pays their prescription. This receipt will enable the patient to claim money back from the MOD. A full NHS receipt is not necessary in this situation.
From Monday 24 November 2025, a limited launch of the new arrangements will take place from six MOD sites and their usual outsourcing pharmacies.
The following is a list of the associated medical centres and their usual outsourcing pharmacies (where applicable):
Leeming Medical Centre: North Yorkshire - DL7 9NJ
Rowlands Pharmacy, 31 North End, DL8 1AF
Allied Pharmacy, Whitby, YO21 1SDAbbeywood Medical Centre: Avon - BS34 8JH
Jhoots Pharmacy, Conygre Road, BS34 7DA
Day Lewis, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 6ATCottesmore Combined Medical Practice: Rutland - LE15 7BL
Orton Pharmacy, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5TD
Shropshire Combined Medical Practice: Wolverhampton - WV7 3EX
Donnington Pharmacy, Telford, TF2 8EA
Murrays Pharmacy, Market Drayton, TF9 3ALOdiham Medical Centre: Hampshire - RG29 1QT
Not applicable
Culdrose Combined Medical Practice: Cornwall - TR12 7RH
Day Lewis, Newquay, TR7 2QP